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Making the Medieval Relevant Pub Date : 2019-12-02 DOI: 10.1515/9783110546316-016

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Making the Medieval Relevant Pub Date : 2019-12-02 DOI: 10.1515/9783110546316-fm

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The Enduring Power of the Cult of Relics – an Irish Perspective 从爱尔兰人的角度看文物崇拜的持久力量

Making the Medieval Relevant Pub Date : 2019-12-02 DOI: 10.1515/9783110546316-012

Niamh Wycherley

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Providing Reliable Data? Combining Scientific and Historical Perspectives on Flooding Events in Medieval and Early Modern Nuremberg (1400–1800) 提供可靠的数据?中世纪和近代早期纽伦堡(1400-1800)洪水事件的科学与历史结合

Making the Medieval Relevant Pub Date : 2019-12-02 DOI: 10.1515/9783110546316-002

T. Kluge, Maximilian Schuh

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Medieval History, Explosive Volcanism, and the Geoengineering Debate 中世纪历史，火山喷发和地球工程的争论

Making the Medieval Relevant Pub Date : 2019-12-02 DOI: 10.1515/9783110546316-003

C. Kostick, F. Ludlow

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Heaven Can Tell . . . Late Medieval Astrologers as Experts – and what they can Teach us about Contemporary Financial Expertise 天晓得……作为专家的中世纪晚期占星家——以及他们能教给我们的当代金融专业知识

Making the Medieval Relevant Pub Date : 2019-12-02 DOI: 10.1515/9783110546316-009

K. Oschema

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Studying the Middle Ages: Historical Food for Thought in the Present Day 研究中世纪:当代的历史食粮

Making the Medieval Relevant Pub Date : 2019-12-02 DOI: 10.1515/9783110546316-014

P. Monnet

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The Middle Ages in the Genetics Lab 遗传学实验室的中世纪

Making the Medieval Relevant Pub Date : 2019-12-02 DOI: 10.1515/9783110546316-004

Jörg Feuchter

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How to be a Time Traveller: Exploring Venice with a Fifteenth-Century Pilgrimage Guide 如何成为时间旅行者:用15世纪的朝圣指南探索威尼斯

Making the Medieval Relevant Pub Date : 2019-12-02 DOI: 10.1515/9783110546316-008

Laura Grazia Di Stefano

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